06/16/2026
Each year members of the LaSalle-Peru Township High School graduating senior class are awarded special honor awards by L-P’s academic departments. This year the recipients are: Drew Depenbrock (English Award), Daniel Duncan (Georgia Stohr Memorial Award), Emily Castaneda (Carol Walsh Memorial Spanish Award), Johnathan Ricci (German Language Award), Michael Niemiec (Math Division Rabe Award), Ever McCormick (Illinois Science Teachers Chemistry Award), Drew Depenbrock (Illinois Science Teachers Biology Award), Meredith Politsch (Illinois Science Teachers Physics Award), Bolander Weitl (Bertusi Award for social science & Knights of Columbus U.S. History Award), Ryia Boaz and Jalene McConnell (Eldon Gunia Memorial Art Scholarship), and Tiffanie Grygiel (Art Department Award).